On 5 Feb 2003, Jason van Zyl wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 15:38, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: > > http://nagoya.apache.org/wiki/apachewiki.cgi?RuperProposal > > > > I've set up a proposal about a Jakarta project for a Repository Project > > on the wiki. Below is the current content. > > > > Maven developers are invited to partecipate in the effort :-) > > Great, so you're inviting us to develop something we've already thought > about intensely and implemented. Do you ever wonder why we as Maven > developers have never felt compelled to work with you? Is politics that hard a field to understand?? If you want something from another group, you have to scratch their back and make them want to give that something. Nick, as a Centipede member, wants something from Maven, ie) legitimacy for Ruper. The solution is easy, pull the Maven code out, and improve it based on the features in Ruper. Consider Ruper as a prototype-fork of the Maven code. Then all parties ought to get something and will agree. The alternative is: "Oi Maven, throw your system our and be sit on top of Ruper" Which is blatantly not going to win any votes. I'm as much an introverted, socially inept individual as the next oss developer [who has not managed to read The Prince fully, but has delved into bits] but this really seems quite easy to do. It's obvious that the approach above is bound to slam straight into the Maven developers. Build community through co-operation rather than try to evolve the best community through antagonism. Meritocracy does not mean doing everything your own way, and neither does the clause to allow forking when necessary. Hen --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
